Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Sacoglossa > Superfamily Oxynooidea > Family Oxynoidae > Genus Oxynoe

Oxynoe benchijigua Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oxynoe*	Rafinesque, 1814	accepted genus name
*Oxinoe*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Icarus*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Lophocercus*	Krohn, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Oxinoe benchijigua*	Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999	synonym

Literature

original description	Ortea J.A., Moro L. & Espinosa J. (1999) Dos Moluscos Opistobranquios nuevos de las Islas Canarias. Avicennia 10/11: 151-156.
additional source	Ortea J. & Moro L. (2020). Descripción de una nueva especie de Oxynoe Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Sacoglossa) de las islas de Cabo Verde, con notas sobre otras especies macaronésicas del género. Avicennia. 26: 27-34.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oxynoe benchijigua Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182792